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Kelly Mc: David Jones is a walking man.
David Jones – Walking is one of the easiest and most effective exercises that a person
can do. It doesn't cost much. You don't need a lot of equipment. All you need is the will
and the determination, so that's one of the reasons I chose walking.
Kelly Mc: You won't meet many people who've logged the miles David's logged. You'll meet
lots of people who've wondered about that man who seemed to walk everywhere.
Janice Moye – I used to see him walk from Snow Hill to Kinston and back. Stantonburg
almost to Wilson, everywhere I used to go driving, I would see him walking. I thought
he'd lost his mind.
Kelly Mc: You walked to Kinston from Snow Hill.
David Jones: Yes.
Kelly Mc: Did you walk to Raleigh?
David Jones: Yes, I did. I walked to Raleigh in 2007 and that was to call attention to
the problem of childhood obesity.
Kelly Mc: David volunteers at the Greene County Senior Center. The seniors here have earned
the right to take it easy but David's there, twice a week, for anybody who wants to hit
the road.
Sharon Harrison – He motivates them to walk. He's with them when they walk. He encourages
safety in walking. But ah, he's even talked to some about personal goals for being fit.
So, you know, if you can't walk today, let's see if you can walk the next time we meet.
Kelly Mc: What I've noticed is if you want to go fifty paces and it's not your day today,
you can come back, no problem. You'll get 'em next time.
Lee Taylor: Sure will, Honey. Just got to take one day at the time, especially when
it's hot.
Kelly Mc: The course is a half-mile. No one counts the laps or the partial laps. What
counts is that you try.
Lee Taylor – Bless – Every Tuesday and Thursday, whether it's scorching hot or sprinkling
rain, David's going to be here, bless his little heart.
Kelly Mc: It's when you see people walking - when walking hurts – when you realize
a person is finishing a half-mile stroll while leaning on a cane, you're “getting” what
David and the walkers are saying to more able-bodied people.
David Jones – Example – Somebody is watching us. It might be one of us, it might be two
of us. But, there is somebody that's looking at us and we don't know when, we don't know
where, we don't know how. But, we can make a difference in somebody's life, that they
can remember seeing these elderly people coming to the Senior Center. And, if they were willing
to get up and keep moving through the later years in their live, that's an example for
people to follow. {26} {TRT: 3:00}
Natural Sound of Walkers
Mildred Davis – Stiff – When I just sit around, I get stiff. But, as long as I'm moving,
I do better. And I don't like the feeling of being stiff like this.
Kelly Mc: Well, who in the world would?
Mildred Davis: I hope nobody don't – that can move! {13}
Kelly Mc: Sometimes the shuttle van drops off one person and sometimes there's more.
People aren't swarming David's Tuesday and Thursday walks. The ones that show let their
feet do the talking. {13}
Impact – Kelly Mc: Some people could look at that and say, “I'm not making a difference.”
You disagree with that.
David Jones: No, I definitely disagree because these are the - these are the seniors in our
community and these are our heroes. And, a lot of times, you know, we look at the sensationalized
things but it's the people in our everyday lives that really impact us. {22} {TRT: 3:48}
Kelly Mc: Most everybody has heroes. David Jones sees his heroes twice a week for a half-mile.
{6}
David Jones – Heroes – I'd rather be like a couple of ladies that are in here that,
no matter what, they just push through and walk on and they are supporting me, they are
supporting each other and they are aware that somebody along the way may benefit from what
they're doing. {26} {TRT: 4:29}